SDC US History II Timeline By Brandon Mosley May 27, 1794 Birth of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Robber Baron) history.com nrrhof.org vanderbilt.edu Feb 15, 1820 Birth of Susan B. Anthony (Abolitionist, Suffragist) womenshistory.org nps.gov nps.gov Apr 27, 1820 Birth of Herbert Spencer (Social Darwinism) pbs.org history.com northwestern.edu Nov 25, 1835 Birth of Andrew Carnegie (Robber Baron) pbs.org history.com carnegie.org - Gospel of Wealth Apr 17, 1837 Birth of JP Morgan (Robber Baron) history.com guides.loc.gov/ Jul 8, 1839 Birth of JD Rockefeller (Robber Baron) pbs.org history.com rockarch.org Nov 5, 1855 Birth of Eugene V. Debs (Socialist / Labor Unionist) debsfoundation.org aflcio.org pbs.org Apr 5, 1856 Birth of Booker T. Washington history.com tuskegee.edu encyclopediavirginia.org Aug 18, 1856 Guano Islands Act of 1856 uscode.house.gov americanhistory.si.edu history.state.gov Mar 19, 1860 Birth of William Jennings Bryan (Free Silver, Cross of Gold Speech, 1896 Election, Scopes Monkey Trial) pbs.org history.com history.state.gov Period: Apr 3, 1860 to Oct 26, 1861 Pony Express nationalponyexpress.org nps.gov Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865 Presidency of Abraham Lincoln whitehouse.gov battlefields.org - 1860 battlefields.org - 1864 Apr 12, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter - Beginning of the Civil War senate.gov battlefields.org history.com Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865 American Civil War history.com battlefields.org nps.gov May 20, 1862 Homestead Act archives.gov nps.gov history.com Jul 1, 1862 Pacific Railway Act archives.gov senate.gov guides.loc.gov Jul 2, 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act archives.gov senate.gov Jul 16, 1862 Birth of Ida B. Wells womenshistory.org nps.gov Period: Aug 17, 1862 to Dec 26, 1862 Dakota War (Indian Wars) mnhs.org cla.umn.edu dakotahistory.org Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation archives.gov loc.gov history.com Period: 1863 to 1866 Navajo Long Walk (Native American Removal) americanindian.si.edu nlm.nih.gov crowcanyon.org Nov 19, 1863 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address constitutioncenter.org loc.gov rmc.library.cornell.edu Period: Dec 8, 1863 to Mar 31, 1877 Reconstruction Era in the American South history.com loc.gov Period: 1864 to 1867 Credit Mobilier Scandal pbs.org history.com Period: Nov 15, 1864 to Dec 21, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea battlefields.org history.com Nov 29, 1864 Sand Creek Massacre (Indian Wars) nps.gov battlefields.org bouldercolorado.gov Period: 1865 to 1866 Black Codes in the American South constitutioncenter.org history.com battlefields.org Apr 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee Surrenders - End of the Civil War history.com archives.gov battlefields.org Apr 14, 1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln loc.gov fords.org archives.gov nps.gov Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869 Presidency of Andrew Johnson whitehouse.gov Apr 26, 1865 Death of John Wilkes Booth battlefields.org history.com nps.gov Dec 6, 1865 Ratification of the 13th Amendment archives.gov nmaahc.si.edu Dec 24, 1865 Founding of the Ku Klux Klan history.com pbs.org civilwaronthewesternborder.org 1866 Lost Cause Myth battlefields.org encyclopediavirginia.org 64parishes.org 1866 Formation of "Buffalo Soldiers" nps.gov nmaahc.si.edu history.com Apr 9, 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866 constitutioncenter.org Mar 2, 1867 Reconstruction Act of 1867 senate.gov constitutioncenter.org Oct 18, 1867 Purchase of Alaska - "Seward's Folly" history.state.gov Feb 23, 1868 Birth of W.E.B. Du Bois history.com history.com britannica.com Period: Feb 24, 1868 to May 16, 1868 Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson by House of Representatives senate.gov pbs.org loc.gov Jul 9, 1868 Ratification of the 14th Amendment archives.gov Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877 Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant whitehouse.gov battlefields.org - 1868 britannica.com - 1872 May 10, 1869 Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad - 1862 - 1869 loc.gov Period: 1870 to 1914 Second Industrial Revolution - United States history.com richmondvale.org Period: 1870 to 1900 The Gilded Age pbs.org history.com rbhayes.org Feb 3, 1870 Ratification of the 15th Amendment archives.gov May 31, 1870 Enforcement Acts (KKK Acts) of 1870-1871 senate.gov constitutioncenter.org Period: 1871 to 1876 Grant's Whiskey Ring Scandal history.com archives.gov Oct 8, 1871 Great Chicago Fire of 1871 education.nationalgeographic.org architecture.org pbs.org Oct 27, 1871 William "Boss" Tweed Arrested (Tammany Hall) doe.mass.edu billofrightsinstitute.org americanhistory.si.edu Nov 5, 1872 Susan B. Anthony Arrested for Voting archives.gov nationalgeographic.org archivesfoundation.org Period: 1874 to 1875 Red River War (Indian Wars) tshaonline.org texasbeyondhistory.net 1875 Mississippi Plan usccr.gov nps.gov aaregistry.org Mar 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell Patents First Telephone loc.gov history.com loc.gov Period: Jun 25, 1876 to Jun 26, 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn - Death of Custer nps.gov 1877 Compromise of 1877 - Tilden or Blood! history.com 1877 Formation of the Farmers' Alliance (pre-Populist Party) okhistory.org encyclopediaofarkansas.net Period: Mar 3, 1877 to Mar 3, 1881 Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes whitehouse.gov battlefields.org - 1876 Period: Jul 14, 1877 to Sep 4, 1877 Great Railroad Strike of 1877 history.com digital.lib.niu.edu 1879 Carlisle Indian Industrial School Founded nps.gov ou.edu Sep 14, 1879 Birth of Margaret Sanger (Birth Control Activist / Planned Parenthood) womenshistory.org pbs.org anb.org 1880 Thomas Edison Markets His Incandescent Lightbulb energy.gov fi.edu Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881 Presidency of James A. Garfield whitehouse.gov rmc.library.cornell.edu - 1880 Jul 2, 1881 Shooting of President James A. Garfield loc.gov Jul 14, 1881 Death of Billy the Kid usmarshals.gov history.com Sep 19, 1881 Death of President James A. Garfield After Assassination Attempt loc.gov Period: Sep 20, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885 Presidency of Chester A. Arthur whitehouse.gov Oct 26, 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral history.com ok-corral.com May 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act archives.gov history.state.gov loc.gov Sep 4, 1882 Edison's First Commercial Power Station Opens (Electricity) nationalmaglab.org historictownsofamerica.com si.edu May 19, 1883 Buffalo Bill's First "Wild West Show" centerofthewest.org pbs.org Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889 First Term of President Grover Cleveland presidency.ucsb.edu americanheritage.com - 1884 May 4, 1886 Haymarket Affair (Labor Riot) history.com loc.gov Oct 28, 1886 Statue of Liberty Assembled in New York nps.gov nps.gov statueofliberty.org Feb 8, 1887 Dawes General Allotment Act (Dawes Act, 1887) archives.gov nps.gov loc.gov Jul 6, 1887 Bayonet Constitution - Hawaii nationalgeographic.org nlm.nih.gov history.state.gov 1889 Jane Addams Founds Hull House - Chicago nps.gov hullhousemuseum.org womenshistory.org 1889 Native American Prophet Wovoka Creates "Ghost Dance" Movement okhistory.org blogs.loc.gov guides.loc.gov Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 3, 1893 Presidency of Benjamin Harrison whitehouse.gov guides.loc.gov - 1888 smithsonianmag.com - 1888 Jan 1, 1890 How The Other Half Lives is Published loc.gov gutenberg.org Jul 2, 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act archives.gov justice.gov Dec 29, 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre - Indian Wars history.com Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island Opens (Immigration to America) history.com statueofliberty.org nps.gov Period: Jun 30, 1892 to Jul 6, 1892 Homestead Strike (Labor Dispute) history.com loc.gov pbs.org Jul 4, 1892 First Populist Party Convention and Platform constitutioncenter.org gilderlehrman.org Oct 5, 1892 Southern Horrors: Lynch Law In All Its Phases Published by Ida B. Wells digitalhistory.uh.edu encyclopediavirginia.org Jan 17, 1893 Overthrow of Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani nea.org womenshistory.si.edu history.com Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897 Second Term of President Grover Cleveland presidency.ucsb.edu ucla.edu - 1892 Period: May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894 Pullman Strike (Labor Dispute) nps.gov history.com Sep 18, 1895 Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" Speech loc.gov history.iowa.gov May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson - Separate but equal archives.gov loc.gov Jul 9, 1896 William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold" Speech teachingamericanhistory.org historymatters.gmu.edu Aug 16, 1896 Klondike Gold Rush nps.gov history.com dawsoncity.ca Period: 1897 to 1929 The Progressive Era loc.gov loc.gov 2001-2009.state.gov Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901 Presidency of William McKinley whitehouse.gov ushistory.org - 1896 guides.loc.gov - 1896 britannica.com - 1900 loc.gov - 1900 Feb 15, 1898 Explosion of the USS Maine - Havana Harbor, Cuba history.com Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 Spanish American War history.state.gov Jul 1, 1898 Battle of San Juan Hill - Charge of the Roughriders history.com nps.gov history.com Jul 7, 1898 US Annexation of Hawaii archives.gov archives.gov Nov 10, 1898 Wilmington Insurrection/Massacre of 1898 dncr.nc.gov pbs.org nhcgov.com Period: Feb 4, 1899 to Jul 4, 1902 Philippine American War history.state.gov history.navy.mil Sep 6, 1899 Open Door Policy (US Intervention in China) history.state.gov Period: Nov 2, 1899 to Sep 7, 1901 Boxer Rebellion (US Intervention in China) history.com archives.gov Dec 27, 1900 Carrie Nation Smashes Bar with Hatchet history.com politico.com history.com Mar 2, 1901 Carnegie Steel Sold -- Formation of US Steel library.hbs.edu ussteel.com Sep 14, 1901 Assassination of William McKinley loc.gov Period: Sep 14, 1901 to 1909 Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt whitehouse.gov Period: May 12, 1902 to Oct 23, 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike dol.gov theodorerooseveltcenter.org hbs.edu May 22, 1902 Theodore Roosevelt Establishes His 1st of 5 National Parks nps.gov fws.gov pbs.org May 22, 1903 Platt Amendment Signed - US & Cuba archives.gov Nov 3, 1903 US Supports Panama Independence from Colombia history.com history.state.gov Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brothers Successful Flight airandspace.si.edu spacecenter.org Nov 4, 1905 The Jungle is Published history.com 1906 Theodore Roosevelt Awarded Nobel Peace Prize nobelprize.org Apr 18, 1906 1906 San Francisco Earthquake archives.gov conservation.ca.gov education.nationalgeographic.org Jun 8, 1906 Antiquities Act (Historic & Natural Preservation) nps.gov doi.gov savingplaces.org Jun 30, 1906 Meat Inspection Act onlinesafetytrainer.com utbeef.tennessee.edu Jun 30, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act fda.gov guides.loc.gov Feb 15, 1907 Gentleman's Agreement of 1907 history.state.gov history.com Period: Dec 16, 1907 to Feb 22, 1909 Roosevelt's Great White Fleet history.navy.mil loc.gov theodorerooseveltcenter.org Jul 26, 1908 Formation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation fbi.gov pbs.org Feb 12, 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP) Founded naacp.org history.com Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913 Presidency of William H. Taft whitehouse.gov Jan 21, 1910 Angel Island Opens (Immigration to America) history.com aiisf.org parks.ca.gov 1911 National Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage crusadeforthevote.org loc.gov mollybrown.org jwa.org mdhistory.org Mar 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire history.com osha.gov May 15, 1911 Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S. connecticuthistory.org law.cornell.edu Apr 15, 1912 Sinking of the Titanic noaa.gov archives.gov history.com Period: Aug 4, 1912 to Jan 2, 1933 US Occupation of Nicaragua state.gov teachingamericanhistory.org oregoned.org Oct 14, 1912 Attempted Assassination of President Roosevelt trlibrary.com history.com theodoreroosevelt.org Feb 4, 1913 Birth of Rosa Parks rosaparks.org Mar 3, 1913 National Woman Suffrage Parade nps.gov womenshistory.si.edu loc.gov Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921 Presidency of Woodrow Wilson whitehouse.gov Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford's First Moving Assembly Line (Mass Production) history.com thehenryford.org pbs.org Apr 9, 1914 Tampico Affair (US & Mexico) cfr.org millercenter.org livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk Period: Apr 21, 1914 to Nov 23, 1914 US Occupation of Veracruz (US & Mexico) history.navy.mil loc.gov Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Franz Ferdinand history.com theworldwar.org guides.loc.gov Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War One history.com loc.gov nam.ac.uk Aug 15, 1914 Completion of the Panama Canal history.com pbs.org Oct 15, 1914 Clayton Anti-Trust Act loc.gov law.cornell.edu Feb 8, 1915 Release of "The Birth of a Nation" (Rebirth of KKK) pbs.org civilwar.vt.edu loc.gov May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania loc.gov Period: Jul 28, 1915 to Aug 1, 1934 US Occupation of Haiti history.state.gov state.gov history.navy.mil Aug 17, 1915 Lynching of Leo Frank (Rebirth of KKK) georgiaencyclopedia.org guides.loc.gov Dec 8, 1915 Rebirth of the KKK (Second Klan) history.com dp.la Mar 9, 1916 Pancho Villa Attacks Columbus, New Mexico nationalmuseum.af.mil laits.utexas.edu history.com Period: Mar 14, 1916 to Feb 7, 1917 Punitive Expedition to Mexico nps.gov Apr 20, 1916 Lafayette Escadrille - American Volunteer Pilots nationalmuseum.af.mil guides.loc.gov airandspace.si.edu uswarmemorials.org Period: May 13, 1916 to Sep 18, 1924 US Occupation of the Dominican Republic state.gov usni.org Oct 16, 1916 Founding of Planned Parenthood embryo.asu.edu Jan 17, 1917 Zimmermann Telegram Intercepted archives.gov Apr 6, 1917 US Joins World War One State.gov Jun 15, 1917 Espionage Act of 1917 history.iowa.gov intelligence.gov Period: Oct 25, 1917 to 1922 Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War history.com armyheritage.org Period: 1918 to 1920 US Intervention in Russian Civil War armyhistory.org smithsonianmag.com Period: 1918 to 1920 "Spanish" Influenza Pandemic kumc.edu Archives.gov Jan 8, 1918 Wilson's "14 Points" Speech to Congress archives.gov theworldwar.org May 16, 1918 Sedition Act of 1918 loc.gov digitalhistory.uh.edu Jun 30, 1918 Eugene V. Debs Arrested for Violating Sedition Act archives.gov smithsonianmag.com Period: Sep 26, 1918 to Nov 11, 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive archives.gov armyheritage.org abmc.gov loc.gov Oct 2, 1918 "The Lost Battalion" Event - WWI usar.army.mil prologue.blogs.archives.gov loc.gov Nov 11, 1918 Armistice - World War One Ends theworldwar.org history.navy.mil history.com 1919 Woodrow Wilson Awarded Nobel Peace Prize nobelprize.org Jan 16, 1919 Ratification of the 18th Amendment constitution.congress.gov constitutioncenter.org Period: Jan 18, 1919 to Jan 21, 1919 Paris Peace Conference state.gov theworldwar.org loc.gov Period: Apr 13, 1919 to Nov 13, 1919 Red Summer of 1919 (racial violence) theworldwar.org history.com Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles history.com Nov 7, 1919 Palmer Raids Begin (anti-communism/anarchism) guides.loc.gov fbi.gov history.com Period: Jan 17, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933 Prohibition Era history.com atf.gov pbs.org pbs.org Aug 18, 1920 Ratification of the 19th Amendment archives.gov constitution.congress.gov Aug 18, 1920 Tennessee Representative Makes Final Vote for Women's Suffrage history.com constitutioncenter.org nps.gov Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923 Presidency of Warren G. Harding whitehouse.gov Period: Apr 15, 1921 to 1923 Harding's Teapot Dome Scandal senate.gov history.com May 19, 1921 Emergency Quota Act (anti-immigration) teachingamericanhistory.org millercenter.org millercenter.org May 31, 1921 Sacco-Vanzetti Case Begins famous-trials.com Period: May 31, 1921 to Jun 1, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre history.com tulsahistory.org Sep 21, 1922 Fordney-McCumber Tariff history.state.gov Aug 2, 1923 Death of President Warren G. Harding pbs.org whitehousehistory.org coolidgefoundation.org Period: Sep 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929 Presidency of Calvin Coolidge whitehouse.gov May 10, 1924 J. Edgar Hoover Takes Over FBI fbi.gov pbs.org history.com May 24, 1924 Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act) history.state.gov millercenter.org Jul 10, 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial Begins history.com history.com npr.org Mar 31, 1927 Birth of Cesar Chavez (Labor/Civil Rights) chavezfoundation.org ufw.org diversity.sonoma.edu May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh's Solo Flight Across the Atlantic pbs.org pioneersofflight.si.edu mnhs.org Dec 1, 1927 Deportation of Marcus Garvey PBS neworleanshistorical.org Archives.gov Jan 15, 1929 Birth of Martin Luther King Jr. history.com Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933 Presidency of Herbert Hoover whitehouse.gov Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash history.com Period: Oct 29, 1929 to 1939 Great Depression history.com Period: 1930 to 1936 Mexican Repatriation (Hispanic Deportations During the Depression) history.com immigrationhistory.org uscis.gov Jun 13, 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff senate.gov corporatefinanceinstitute.com Period: 1931 to 1939 Dust Bowl history.com drought.unl.edu PBS Mar 1, 1932 Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping fbi.gov mnhs.org fbi.gov Jul 28, 1932 "Bonus Army" Attacked by US Army / DC Police nps.gov department.va.gov Period: 1933 to 1945 The Holocaust nationalww2museum.org history.com eisenhowerlibrary.gov Period: 1933 to 1939 FDR's New Deal Programs britannica.com history.com loc.gov Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany history.com nationalww2museum.org Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945 Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt whitehouse.gov Mar 12, 1933 FDR's First Fireside Chat - Banking blogs.loc.gov Mar 31, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) nps.gov history.com archives.gov May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) teachingamericanhistory.org britannica.com May 18, 1933 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) archives.gov history.com tva.com Jun 16, 1933 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) fdic.gov history.com guides.loc.gov Sep 26, 1933 Machine Gun Kelly Arrested by FBI fbi.gov Dec 5, 1933 Ratification of the 21st Amendment constitutioncenter May 23, 1934 Death of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow fbi.gov heartoflouisiana.com Jul 22, 1934 Death of John Dillinger fbi.gov themobmuseum.org Oct 22, 1934 Death of Pretty Boy Floyd history.com fbi.gov Nov 27, 1934 Death of Baby Face Nelson fbi.gov fbi.gov May 6, 1935 Works Progress Administration (WPA) history.com pbs.org npr.org Aug 14, 1935 Social Security Act archives.gov history.com history.com Aug 31, 1935 Neutrality Acts, 1930s history.state.gov 1936 German American Bund encyclopedia.ushmm.org vault.fbi.gov digital-library.csun.edu acampusdivided.umn.edu Period: Jul 16, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War (& American Volunteers) ushmm.org history.com upenn.edu May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster history.com Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart Disappears in the Pacific pioneersofflight.si.edu usni.org Dec 12, 1937 USS Panay Incident .history.navy.mil history.navy.mil Jun 25, 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (Minimum Wage) guides.loc.gov dol.gov Feb 20, 1939 Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden, NYC history.com ushmm.org npr.org Sep 1, 1939 German Invasion of Poland (Beginning of WWII) nationalww2museum.org ushmm.org history.com Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War Two nationalww2museum.org loc.gov history.com Sep 4, 1940 America First Committee exhibitions.ushmm.org teachingamericanhistory.org visitthecapitol.gov Sep 19, 1940 Eagle Squadron - American Volunteer Pilots in Europe abmc.gov nationalmuseum.af.mil rafmuseum.org.uk Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act archives.gov loc.gov history.com Mar 22, 1941 Formation of the Tuskegee Airmen pbs.org nationalww2museum.org tuskegee.edu Sep 11, 1941 Charles Lindbergh AFC "Un-American" Speech newspapers.ushmm.org newspapers.ushmm.org cfr.org Dec 7, 1941 Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor nationalww2museum.org Dec 8, 1941 FDR's "Day of Infamy" Speech loc.gov archives.gov Period: Dec 8, 1941 to May 6, 1942 Japanese Invasion of the US-held Philippines history.navy.mil army.mil Dec 20, 1941 Flying Tigers - American Volunteers in China archives.gov npr.org nationalmuseum.af.mil 1942 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) - early Civil Rights kinginstitute.stanford.edu history.com Feb 19, 1942 Executive Order 9066 - Japanese-American Internment Camps archives.gov fdrlibrary.org Feb 28, 1942 Navajo Code Talker Program nationalww2museum.org usmcu.edu history.navy.mil cia.gov Period: Mar 8, 1942 to Sep 2, 1945 New Guinea Campaign nationalww2museum.org history.army.mil army.mil nps.gov Period: Apr 9, 1942 to Apr 17, 1942 Bataan Death March nationalww2museum.org nationalmuseum.af.mil army.mil history.com Apr 18, 1942 Doolittle Raid history.navy.mil nationalmuseum.af.mil northropgrumman.com May 4, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea history.navy.mil nationalww2museum.org youtube.com Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Aug 15, 1943 Aleutian Islands Campaign (American Campaign) loc.gov nps.gov history.navy.mil Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway history.navy.mil nationalww2museum.org Period: Aug 7, 1942 to Feb 7, 1943 Solomon Islands Campaign nationalww2museum.org history.navy.mil pearlharbor.org Period: Aug 7, 1942 to Feb 9, 1943 Battle of Guadalcanal nationalww2museum.org loc.gov history.navy.mil history.army.mil Period: Oct 23, 1942 to Nov 4, 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein (North Africa) nam.ac.uk iwm.org.uk cwgc.org Period: Nov 8, 1942 to Nov 16, 1942 Operation Torch - Allied Invasion of North Africa history.navy.mil origins.osu.edu battleshiptexas.org Apr 30, 1943 Operation Mincemeat nationalww2museum.org iwm.org.uk history.com Jun 3, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots nationalww2museum.org history.com pbs.org Jun 20, 1943 Detroit Race Riot detroithistorical.org projects.library.wayne.edu Period: Jul 9, 1943 to Aug 17, 1943 Allied Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) history.navy.mil nationalww2museum.org history.com Jul 25, 1943 Overthrow of Benito Mussolini history.com Aug 1, 1943 Future President JFK & PT-109 Incident (Pacific) jfklibrary.org archives.gov Aug 5, 1943 Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) twu.edu afhistory.af.mil thenmusa.org Period: Sep 3, 1943 to May 7, 1945 Allied Invasion of Italy nationalww2museum.org1 nationalww2museum.org2 nationalww2museum.org3 Sep 8, 1943 Surrender of Italy history.com nationalmuseum.af.mil Nov 20, 1943 Gilbert Islands Campaign history.navy.mil nps.gov Period: Nov 28, 1943 to Dec 1, 1943 Tehran Conference history.state.gov iwm.org.uk history.navy.mil Period: Jan 31, 1944 to Feb 23, 1944 Marshall Islands Campaign history.navy.mil usarpac.army.mil history.com Jun 6, 1944 Operation Overlord - D-Day Landings, Normandy Beach eisenhowerlibrary.gov Period: Jun 15, 1944 to Nov 27, 1944 Mariana Islands Campaign history.navy.mil pritzkermilitary.org oceanexplorer.noaa.gov Jun 22, 1944 Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill) history.com archives.gov nationalww2museum.org Period: Jul 21, 1944 to Aug 10, 1944 Battle of Guam defense.gov history.navy.mil nps.gov Sep 2, 1944 Future President George Bush Sr. Shot Down In Pacific history.navy.mil history.com foxnews.com nationalww2museum.org Period: Sep 17, 1944 to Sep 25, 1944 Operation Market Garden nam.ac.uk history.com asomf.org Oct 20, 1944 General MacArthur Returns to the Philippines history.com nationalww2museum.org nationalww2museum.org Oct 23, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf nationalww2museum.org history.navy.mil Oct 25, 1944 Kamikazes First Used by Empire of Japan (During Leyte Gulf) history.com history.navy.mil iwm.org.uk Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge army.mil pbs.org nationalww2museum.org Dec 18, 1944 Korematsu v. United States supreme.justia.com nationalww2museum.org constitutioncenter.org Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference history.state.gov history.navy.mil millercenter.org Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima history.navy.mil nationalww2museum.org usmcmuseum Period: Mar 26, 1945 to Sep 7, 1945 Battle of Okinawa nationalww2museum.org history.navy.mil history.com Apr 11, 1945 US Army Liberates Buchenwald Concentration Camp ushmm.org nationalww2museum.org Apr 12, 1945 Death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953 Presidency of Harry S. Truman whitehouse.gov Apr 23, 1945 US Army Liberates Flossenburg Concentration Camp ushmm.org Apr 28, 1945 Death of Benito Mussolini nationalww2museum.org Apr 29, 1945 US Army Liberates Dachau Concentration Camp ushmm.org history.com Apr 30, 1945 Death of Adolf Hitler nationalww2museum.org May 7, 1945 Surrender of Nazi Germany trumanlibraryinstitute.org annefrank.org history.com May 8, 1945 V-E Day (Victory in Europe) defense.gov history.navy.mil iwm.org.uk Jul 16, 1945 Trinity Test (First Nuclear Explosion Test) afnwc.af.mil ahf.nuclearmuseum.org nps.gov Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945 Potsdam Conference history.state.gov nationalww2museum.org history.com Jul 26, 1945 Potsdam Declaration ahf.nuclearmuseum.org Jul 30, 1945 Sinking of the USS Indianapolis nationalww2museum.org navy.mil Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima nationalww2museum.org Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki nationalww2museum.org Sep 2, 1945 Surrender of the Empire of Japan archives.gov nationalww2museum.org history.com Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day (Victory over Japan) nationalww2museum.org defense.gov Oct 24, 1945 Formation of the United Nations history.state.gov Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 Nuremberg Trials nationalww2museum.org history.com Feb 22, 1946 Long Telegram (Cold War) trumanlibraryinstitute.org nsarchive2.gwu.edu Period: Apr 29, 1946 to Nov 12, 1948 Tokyo War Crimes Trials nationalww2museum.org pbs.org manoa.hawaii.edu Jan 25, 1947 Death of Al Capone archives.fbi.gov pbs.org themobmuseum.org Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine history.state.gov archives.gov Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson and Desegregation in Baseball mlb.com loc.gov baseballhall.org Sep 18, 1947 Formation of the Central Intelligence Agency trumanlibrary.gov Oct 1, 1947 Founding of Levittown (Racially-Integrated Suburb) levittownpl.org philadelphiaencyclopedia.org ushistoryscene.com Nov 24, 1947 "Hollywood 10" Trial (accused Communism) history.com archives.gov archivesfoundation.org Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan (European Recovery Plan) archives.gov history.state.gov Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 Berlin Airlift history.state.gov Jul 26, 1948 Executive Order 9981 - Desegregation of the Military nps.gov Apr 4, 1949 Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) history.state.gov Aug 29, 1949 Soviets Test Atomic Weapon history.com ahf.nuclearmuseum.org Oct 1, 1949 Formation of People's Republic of China (Communist) nationalarchives.gov.uk history.state.gov Period: 1950 to 1954 Red Scare (McCarthyism) millercenter.org history.com eisenhowerlibrary.gov history.com Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War army.mil history.com nam.ac.uk Period: Sep 15, 1950 to Sep 19, 1950 Battle of Inchon history.navy.mil usni.org Period: Nov 27, 1950 to Dec 24, 1950 Battle of Chosin Reservoir armyhistory.org history.navy.mil Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961 Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower whitehouse.gov Jun 19, 1953 Execution of the Rosenbergs (Atomic Spies) eisenhowerlibrary.gov jwa.org npg.si.edu americanjewisharchives.org Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Armistice - End of Fighting archives.gov defense.gov Aug 19, 1953 US-backed Revolution in Iran (Operation Ajax) npr.org pbs.org May 14, 1954 Formation of the Warsaw Pact history.state.gov history.com nato.int May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education archives.gov history.com Period: Aug 2, 1955 to Jul 17, 1975 Space Race rmg.co.uk history.com Aug 28, 1955 Murder of Emmett Till history.com fbi.gov loc.gov Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War history.com history.navy.mil Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks Arrested For Not Moving Seats on Bus loc.gov archives.gov history.com Period: Dec 5, 1955 to Dec 20, 1953 Montgomery Bus Boycott kinginstitute.stanford.edu history.com Dec 17, 1956 Browder v. Gayle kinginstitute.stanford.edu loc.gov Jan 10, 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) kinginstitute.stanford.edu nps.gov Oct 4, 1957 Launch of Sputnik I (First Manmade Satellite in Space) nationalgeographic.org nasa.gov Jul 29, 1958 Formation of NASA nasa.gov history.com Jan 1, 1959 Castro Takes Over Cuba / Batista Flees (Cuban Revolution) history.com history.com Feb 1, 1960 Greensboro Sit In (Civil Rights movement) history.com Apr 15, 1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee kinginstitute.stanford.edu archives.gov May 1, 1960 U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down / Capture of Francis Gary Powers history.state.gov eisenhowerlibrary.gov Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963 Presidency of John F. Kennedy whitehouse.gov Jan 23, 1961 "Lost Nuke" Incident over North Carolina prologue.blogs.archives.gov pbs.org Apr 12, 1961 First Man in Space - Soviet Yuri Gagarin nasa.gov esa.int Period: Apr 17, 1961 to Apr 20, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion (US Intervention in Cuba) jfklibrary.org history.state.gov Period: May 4, 1961 to Dec 16, 1961 Freedom Rides (Civil Rights movement) kinginstitute.stanford.edu history.com civilrightsmuseum.org May 5, 1961 First American in Space - Alan Shepard nasa.gov airandspace.si.edu May 11, 1961 JFK Authorizes Sending More Troops to South Vietnam history.com jfklibrary.org Aug 13, 1961 Construction of Berlin Wall Begins nato.int history.com stiftung-berliner-mauer.de Jun 12, 1962 Escape from Alcatraz fbi.gov nps.gov Jun 30, 1962 Publication of Silent Spring (Environmentalism) rachelcarson.org acs.org Sep 30, 1962 National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)-- Becomes United Farm Workers (UFW) - Led by Cesar Chavez snccdigital.org guides.loc.gov californiahistoricalsociety.org nfwm.org Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 29, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis history.state.gov jfklibrary.org history.com Oct 27, 1962 Shootdown of U-2 Spy Plane Over Cuba (Cuban Missile Crisis) history.com iwm.org.uk nationalmuseum.af.mil Feb 19, 1963 Publication of Feminine Mystique (Second-Wave Feminism) history.com jwa.org Apr 16, 1963 Letter From a Birmingham Jail (MLK Jr) upenn.edu Jun 12, 1963 Murder of Medgar Evers (Civil Rights Movement) fbi.gov nps.gov Aug 28, 1963 MLK Jr's March on Washington naacp.org nps.gov wesleyan.edu Aug 28, 1963 MLK Jr's "I Have A Dream" Speech npr.org history.com Sep 15, 1963 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing fbi.gov nps.gov Nov 22, 1963 Assassination of John F. Kennedy jfklibrary.org fbi.gov archives.gov Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969 Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson whitehouse.gov Nov 24, 1963 Jack Ruby Kills Lee Harvey Oswald history.com loc.gov history.com May 22, 1964 Johnson's "Great Society" Speech - "War on Poverty/Inequality" millercenter.org history.com billofrightsinstitute.org Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 dol.gov archives.gov Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident history.state.gov usni.org millercenter.org Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution archives.gov history.state.gov vietnamwar50th.com Feb 21, 1965 Assassination of Malcolm X history.com history.com eji.org Period: Mar 2, 1965 to Nov 2, 1968 Operation Rolling Thunder afhistory.af.mil history.com nationalmuseum.af.mil Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday (Civil Rights movement violence) nationalgeographic.org history.com Mar 8, 1965 US Marines Land in Da Nang, South Vietnam vietnamwar50th.com Period: Mar 21, 1965 to Mar 25, 1965 Selma to Montgomery March (Civil Rights movement) history.com kinginstitute.stanford.edu archives.gov Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 archives.gov naacp.org Period: Aug 11, 1965 to Aug 17, 1965 Watts Riots history.com kinginstitute.stanford.edu Jun 13, 1966 Miranda v. Arizona (Miranda Rights) supreme.justia.com supremecourt.flcourts.gov guides.loc.gov Oct 15, 1966 Black Panther Party Founded archives.gov history.com nmaahc.si.edu Jan 27, 1967 Apollo I Disaster astronomy.com nasa.gov Apr 28, 1967 Muhammad Ali Refuses US Military Draft history.com si.com Jun 8, 1967 USS Liberty Incident history.state.gov cia.gov Jun 12, 1967 Loving v. Virginia supreme.justia.com prologue.blogs.archives.gov constitutioncenter.org aclu.org Jul 23, 1967 1967 Detroit Riots history.com detroithistorical.org history.com Period: Jan 21, 1968 to Jul 9, 1968 Siege of Khe Sanh marines.mil vietnamwar50th.com vietnam.ttu.edu Period: Jan 30, 1968 to Mar 28, 1968 Tet Offensive history.state.gov defense.gov history.com Mar 16, 1968 My Lai Massacre history.com pbs.org armyhistory.org Apr 3, 1968 MLK Jr's Last Speech - "I've Been to the Mountaintop" kinginstitute.stanford.edu americanrhetoric.com Apr 4, 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr kinginstitute.stanford.edu history.com archives.gov Jun 5, 1968 Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Sr. (Bobby) loc.gov historytoday.com Jul 28, 1968 American Indian Movement (AIM) history.com mnopedia.org libguides.mnhs.org Oct 16, 1968 Black Power Salute at 1968 Mexico City Olympics history.com si.com nmaahc.si.edu Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 4, 1974 Presidency of Richard M. Nixon whitehouse.gov Jun 28, 1969 Stonewall Riots (Gay Rights movement) history.com guides.loc.gov pbs.org Period: Jul 16, 1969 to Jul 24, 1969 Apollo 11 Mission - Moon Landing history.com nasa.gov airandspace.si.edu Apr 28, 1970 US Troops Sent To Cambodia history.com politico.com nixonfoundation.org May 4, 1970 Kent State Shooting (Vietnam War Protest) kent.edu apnews.com Jan 26, 1971 Charles Manson Convicted in Court apnews.com famous-trials.com latimes.com Apr 6, 1971 Ping-Pong Diplomacy pbs.org Period: May 9, 1972 to Oct 23, 1972 Operation Linebacker - Bombing of North Vietnam afhistory.af.mil nationalmuseum.af.mil vietnamwar50th.com Period: Jun 17, 1972 to Aug 9, 1974 Watergate Scandal history.com fbi.gov senate.gov Period: Dec 18, 1972 to Dec 29, 1972 Operation Linebacker II - Bombing of North Vietnam airandspaceforces.com nationalmuseum.af.mil history.navy.mil Jan 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade supreme.justia.com Period: Feb 27, 1973 to May 8, 1973 Incident at Wounded Knee (American Indian Movement) usmarshals.gov nlm.nih.gov npr.org Mar 29, 1973 US Troops Leave Vietnam teachingamericanhistory.org history.com Jul 24, 1974 United States v. Nixon (President IS NOT Above the Law) supreme.justia.com constitutioncenter.org landmarkcases.org Aug 8, 1974 Resignation of President Nixon archivesfoundation.org archives.gov Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977 Presidency of Gerald Ford whitehouse.gov Sep 8, 1974 President Ford Pardons Nixon fordlibrarymuseum.gov constitutioncenter.org ford.blogs.archives.gov Apr 4, 1975 Operation Babylift pbs.org dia.mil amcmuseum.org Apr 30, 1975 Fall of Saigon - End of Vietnam War diplomacy.state.gov airandspaceforces.com vietnamwar50th.com Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981 Presidency of Jimmy Carter whitehouse.gov Nov 18, 1978 Jonestown Massacre (Religious Cult) fbi.gov pbs.org Period: Nov 4, 1979 to Jan 20, 1981 Iranian Hostage Crisis history.state.gov archives.gov pbs.org Period: Dec 24, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan history.com history.state.gov history.com Jan 23, 1980 "Argo" Rescue of American Diplomats cia.gov diplomacy.state.gov Mar 21, 1980 United States Boycotts Moscow Olympic Games wilsoncenter.org usopm.org state.gov Apr 24, 1980 Operation Eagle Claw asomf.org britannica.com cbsnews.com Period: Nov 22, 1980 to Aug 20, 1988 Iran-Iraq War (US Involvement) history.com yris.yira.org Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989 Presidency of Ronald Reagan whitehouse.gov Mar 30, 1981 Attempted Assassination of President Reagan millercenter.org reaganlibrary.gov Aug 13, 1981 Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (Reaganomics) congress.gov reagan.blogs.archives.gov Sep 21, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor Becomes First Woman on Supreme Court supremecourt.gov archives.gov Jan 4, 1982 Reagan Support of Contras in Nicaragua history.com oig.justice.gov Oct 23, 1983 Bombing of US Marine Barracks - Beirut, Lebanon state.gov marines.mil dia.mil Period: Oct 25, 1983 to Oct 20, 1983 US Invasion of Grenada - Operation Urgent Fury history.com armyupress.army.mil May 8, 1984 Soviets Boycott Los Angeles Olympic Games history.com prologue.blogs.archives.gov Period: Aug 20, 1985 to Mar 4, 1987 Iran-Contra Affair pbs.org history.com brown.edu Jan 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion nasa.gov nasa.gov aps.org Apr 15, 1986 Operation El Dorado Canyon history.com afhistory.af.mil britannica.com Oct 22, 1986 Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Reaganomics) congress.gov reaganfoundation.org brookings.edu May 17, 1987 USS Stark Incident history.navy.mil usni.org Jun 12, 1987 Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall!" Speech archives.gov gilderlehrman.org history.com Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993 Presidency of George H. W. Bush whitehouse.gov Mar 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill history.com apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall iwm.org.uk Period: Dec 20, 1989 to Jan 31, 1990 US Invasion of Panama - Operation Just Cause history.com millercenter.org bbc.com Period: Aug 7, 1990 to Jan 16, 1991 Operation Desert Shield history.army.mil history.navy.mil Period: Jan 17, 1991 to Feb 28, 1991 Operation Desert Storm history.army.mil me.ng.mil Period: Apr 29, 1992 to May 4, 1992 1992 Los Angeles Riots history.com npr.org Jun 29, 1992 Planned Parenthood of Southeast PA v. Casey https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/505/833/ Period: Jul 16, 1992 to Dec 2, 2004 US / UN / NATO Intervention in Bosnia history.navy.mil brookings.edu nato.int Aug 21, 1992 Ruby Ridge Standoff oig.justice.gov history.com history.com Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001 Presidency of Bill Clinton whitehouse.gov Feb 26, 1993 1993 World Trade Center Bombing fbi.gov state.gov pbs.org Period: Feb 28, 1993 to Apr 19, 1993 Waco Siege (Religious Cult - Branch Davidians) atf.gov pbs.org pbs.org Period: Aug 22, 1993 to Oct 13, 1993 Operation Gothic Serpent - Black Hawk Down Incident asomf.org armyupress.army.mil Jan 1, 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ustr.gov cbp.gov history.com Sep 13, 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban abcnews.go.com congress.gov ojp.gov Period: Sep 19, 1994 to Mar 31, 1995 Operation Uphold Democracy (US Intervention in Haiti) history.state.gov clinton.presidentiallibraries.us adst.org Period: Jan 24, 1995 to Oct 3, 1995 OJ Simpson Murder Trial famous-trials.com britannica.com Apr 19, 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing fbi.gov okhistory.org Jul 27, 1996 Centennial Olympic Park Bombing fbi.gov atf.gov clinton.presidentiallibraries.us Dec 19, 1998 Impeachment of President Bill Clinton loc.gov history.com millercenter.org Period: Mar 24, 1999 to Jun 10, 1999 US-NATO Airstrikes in Yugoslavia history.com nato.int wilsoncenter.org Oct 12, 2000 USS Cole Bombing fbi.gov history.navy.mil airforcemedicine.af.mil Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009 Presidency of George W. Bush whitehouse.gov Sep 11, 2001 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks history.com iwm.org.uk history.navy.mil dc.ng.mil Oct 7, 2001 US Invasion of Afghanistan georgewbushlibrary.gov iwm.org.uk cfr.org Period: Oct 7, 2001 to Aug 30, 2021 War in Afghanistan (Global War on Terror) britannica.com nam.ac.uk Period: Oct 7, 2001 to Dec 28, 2014 Operation Enduring Freedom history.navy.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil Oct 26, 2001 PATRIOT Act justice.gov georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov Period: Dec 3, 2001 to Dec 17, 2001 First Battle of Tora Bora pbs.org britannica.com cove.army.gov.au Dec 22, 2001 Richard Reid - Attempted Shoe Bomber on American Airlines Flight 63 fbi.gov history.com 2002 Beltway Sniper Attacks (DC Sniper Attacks) fbi.gov cnn.com 2002 Jimmy Carter Awarded Nobel Peace Prize nobelprize.org Jan 8, 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) edweek.org britannica.com Feb 1, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster space.com npr.org Mar 19, 2003 US Invasion of Iraq georgewbushlibrary.gov pbs.org cfr.org Period: Mar 20, 2003 to Dec 15, 2011 Operation Iraqi Freedom history.navy.mil army.mil Dec 13, 2003 Saddam Hussein Captured by US Military history.com army.mil Period: Nov 4, 2004 to Dec 23, 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah mwi.westpoint.edu marines.mil dav.org Aug 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall georgewbushlibrary.gov weather.gov ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Dec 30, 2006 Execution of Saddam Hussein by Iraqi Government cnn.com georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov Period: 2007 to 2009 Great Recession history.com federalreservehistory.org Jun 30, 2008 Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act (Post-9/11 G.I. Bill) va.gov militaryonesource.mil Dec 14, 2008 Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at President Bush reuters.com nymag.com 2009 Barack Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize nobelprize.org Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2017 Presidency of Barack Obama whitehouse.gov Apr 8, 2009 Hijacking of Alabama Maersk (Captain Phillips) history.com navysealmuseum.org mebaunion.org Oct 3, 2009 Battle of Kamdesh (COP Keating) mohmuseum.org legion.org Mar 23, 2010 Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov hhs.gov Period: Mar 19, 2011 to Oct 31, 2011 US-NATO Intervention in Libya nato.int brookings.edu May 2, 2011 Osama bin Laden Killed by US Navy SEALs history.com 911memorial.org fbi.gov Sep 20, 2011 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy Repealed history.com obamawhitehouse.archives.gov hrc.org Sep 22, 2014 US Intervention in Syrian Civil War reuters.com apnews.com cfr.org Jun 26, 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges (Legalization of Gay Marriage) npr.org hrc.org [history.com](https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/obergefell-v-hodges-ruling-same-sex-marriage-legalized-nationwide_ Dec 10, 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) everystudentsucceedsact.org ed.gov Nov 4, 2016 Paris Climate Agreement Takes Effect unfccc.int Period: Jan 20, 2017 to Jan 20, 2021 First Term of President Donald Trump whitehouse.gov Dec 22, 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017) cbpp.org irs.gov Oct 26, 2019 Assassination of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi defense.gov trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov 2017-2021.state.gov Nov 4, 2019 President Trump Withdraws From Paris Climate Agreement state.gov climate.law.columbia.edu Dec 12, 2019 COVID-19 Pandemic Begins cdc.gov Dec 18, 2019 First Impeachment of President Donald Trump hsdl.org history.com loc.gov Jan 3, 2020 Killing of Iranian General Soleimani jagreporter.af.mil trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov May 25, 2020 Death of George Floyd (followed by protests) history.com brookings.edu amnesty.org Jan 6, 2021 J6 2021 Capitol Riot nsarchive.gwu.edu americanoversight.org npr.org Jan 13, 2021 Second Impeachment of President Donald Trump pbs.org hsdl.org loc.gov Jan 20, 2021 President Biden Rejoins Paris Agreement state.gov npr.org Period: Jan 20, 2021 to Jan 20, 2025 Presidency of Joe Biden whitehouse.gov Aug 30, 2021 Last US Troops Leave Afghanistan factcheck.org pewresearch.org britannica.com Feb 24, 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine usnews.com cfr.org state.gov Apr 24, 2022 US Begins Providing Ukraine with Supplies state.gov cfr.org usembassy.gov Jun 24, 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization law.cornell.edu Oct 7, 2023 Hamas Attack on Israel (Palestine vs Israel) state.gov pbs.org Dec 18, 2023 Operation Prosperity Guardian (Red Sea) defense.gov defense.gov centerformaritimestrategy.org Jul 13, 2024 Attempted Assassination of Former Pres. Donald Trump fbi.gov abcnews.go.com Dec 29, 2024 Former President Jimmy Carter Dies - Age 100 cartercenter.org npr.org Jan 20, 2025 Trump Withdraws From Paris Climate Agreement for a Second Time npr.org americanprogress.org whitehouse.gov Feb 1, 2025 2025 US Trade War with Canada/Mexico cbc.ca cnbc.com pbs.org reuters.com Mar 4, 2025 Trump Address to Joint Congress whitehouse.gov pbs.org apnews.com
